Monday, May 15, 2017

off the face of the earth

I feel like I've fallen off the face of the earth (in the blogging world) - whew!! As much as I loved the April A - Z Challenge, it just about killed me. I would be blogging long after Mark went to bed at night and then I was so tired the following day . . .over and over.

So what's been going on?

Two weeks ago, we had a "mission night" with the young professionals. We made two small "gifts" for a group home (12 residents) - we had bags of gold fish crackers and a cute note that said, "You are o-fish-ally awesome" . . .and we made a baggie with a card "ORANGE you glad that spring is here? Be a SMARTIE and feel FRITO enjoy your day!" The baggie had an orange, a few packs of smarties candies and a bag of Fritos!!

The group also made 100 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for a local mission and last but certainly not least, the group filled "bags of fun" for the children of our food co-op program.

We tried to keep the bags of fun for the food share ministry "equal" so that there would not be any hurt feelings. I divided the candy into groups so that each bag would have the same kinds of candy. (I did some of the prep before the group arrived)

The PB&J's were made in the kitchen. They were listening to music and laughing a lot!

We filled the bags in the dining room.

On the morning after, I delivered the sandwiches to the local mission. A nice gentleman carried one of the boxes for me and then he whispered to me, "Ma'am, could you spare $1.50?" I had to look him in the eye and tell him that I didn't have a cent to my name (which was true, by the way!). I've been thinking about that request ever since . . .what did he want to buy with $1.50. Did he want a soda? Did he want a candy bar? I take diet pepsis for granted . . .and I take $1.50 for granted. Ma'am - could you spare $1.50? I'm glad I had sandwiches because I've been thinking about this all week - 'Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me."

About Me

I'm a Christian, a wife (almost 33 years!!), a mother of twins, a mother-in-law (and I hope I'll be a good one - I'm new at this!!), a gran to the most adorable child ever, a sister, an aunt, a daughter-in-law, a sister-in-law, a friend, a worker, a scrapbooker, a lover of the sun, a Sunday School teacher and a person who believes in the power of prayer